Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to spend a really great day on a bread making course at the Lighthouse Bakery School near Bodiam in East Sussex. A Christmas present from my Mum, I had been able to chose from the many courses they offer and opted for French Baking as it covered lots of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bread’
Bon Comme du Bon Pain (good like good bread)
Posted in bread, tagged bread, croissants, epi, flutes, french baking, lighthouse bakery school, pain au chocolat, Pain de Campagne, poolish, Viennoiserie on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
(Not quite) Rising to the Occasion
Posted in baking, bread, suppers, tagged bread, cheese, leeks, souffle on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I cooked two things today which, whilst tasting fine, didn’t quite look the ticket! The first was the white loaf from the fabulous baker brothers. it came together fine; I hand kneaded it for 10 minutes and did the pokey finger test, then left it to rise for 2 hours having first dug out a [...]
Digging for victory
Posted in allotment, baking, bread, suppers, tagged allotment, apples, bread, chickpeas, chutney, curry, kale, mushrooms, Sarah Raven on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the holidays I ordered some apple trees; some for home and a couple for the allotment. As they could turn up any day, I took advantage of the ok weather and headed off to our plot first thing and began to clear the wasteland at the back of the beds where they will be [...]
Birthday Food Heaven
Posted in ingredients, tagged bread, cheese, coffee, ham, honey, hotels, jamie oliver, meringue, mushrooms, olive oil, restaurants, shortbread, vinegar, wine on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently celebrated a big birthday (the clue is in the picture!) and my dear friends clubbed together to buy me the most wonderful hamper of goodies mostly from Borough Market. The hamper was sprayed and decorated to match the decor in our new dining area and each person had written a dedication in [...]
A Light Supper 1930s Style
Posted in dinner parties, tagged bread, chicken, fruit salad, ham, madeleines, salad, soup on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our book club meet once a month and whoever is hosting cooks a meal with all the trimmings based on the book just read. Sometimes the theme can be as simple as the country in which the book was based or something a bit more fancy. My book to work from was I Capture [...]
Lazy Sunday
Posted in baking, bread, soups, tagged bread, cheese, greenhouse, peppers, pork, soup, tomatoes on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this time of year, when the weather is foul, I really love nothing more than spending the day pottering in the kitchen. And what could be better to cook and eat than a piping hot bowl of soup, especially when it uses up all those bits and bobs of veggies that are lurking around [...]
Our Daily bread
Posted in baking, bread, tagged bread, focaccia, pizza, rolls, yeast on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been making more bread recently and have come to the stage where I am happy with my basic recipe to the point that I will now record it for posterity and have some fun playing around with it! FLOUR 500g of strong white flour. When I can, I use Waitrose’s Canadian Very [...]
Dinner at ours
Posted in dinner parties, tagged bread, caramel, chestnuts, greens, pear, pork, potatoes, soup, swede, trifle on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had a lovely evening last Saturday with friends over for dinner. Deb & Rob, Helen & Matthew and Alexia & Matthew, all friends from the village. Tried to keep to a seasonal menu and wanted to keep it reasonably simple as it was the mayor’s procession during the day so we were all busy [...]
Bread making
Posted in baking, bread, tagged bread, focaccia, rolls, yeast on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A friend who regularly makes her own bread turned up at a party the other day with a handbag full of fresh yeast! Apparently there were some new staff on at the Sainsbury’s bread counter and they couldn’t work out how to sell her a small amount (she normally buys about 40g for approx 15p), [...]
you say Tomato, I say Tomayto
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bread, pasta sauce, tomatoes on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so last night’s bread wasn’t a huge success, or as H put it when I asked how his lunch had been: “well the roll was a little hard, a bit like a brick actually” – quite an impressive simile for a six year old! I gamely had some of the unleavened bread for [...]
